virginee

so i decided last minute to go to richmond, va to visit my sister anne a few days ago. richmond is such a cool place. so much cool architecture. i was able to go with anne to one of her projects (a building up for historic nomination). it was a cool old factory, now offices, that will be turned into condos. unfortunately i didn't get any pictures of that place. here is an average street in richmond, tons of old buildings.



we had a grand old time. we ate at buzz & ned's barbeque, which was amazing.



we went to a really cool antique mall, west end antiques. i found some pretty cool little things there. these are a few treasures i didn't purchase. next time.





a cool motel sign we passed



this was in hollywood cemetery. i'm not sure if there's something wrong with me or not, but i secretly love old cemeteries. they are fascinating to me. this one has over 18,000 confederate soldiers buried in it. it makes me want to learn more about the cival war.



this is a cool old theatre, the byrd that still plays movies. on saturday nights a man plays the mighty wurlitzer (the theatre's organ) before the movie. i'm so sad i wasn't there on a saturday to hear him play. definitely going to do that next time though.

it was just like christmas

speaking of that conference, zack realized a few days ahead of time that he didn't have some of the things he needed for the presentation. they were home in utah. safely stored away in his parent's closet. and his parents were in california. rats. so i had to get a last minute flight (four hours before having to leave for the airport) and jet off to sunny utah. woe is me. only when i got there it wasn't so sunny. it was snowy. it felt like coming home for christmas.

while in utah i went to treasures antique mall in springville with my brother mike, my mom, and my grandma. as usual, it did not disappoint. after several hours browsing all the different booths we went to the art city trolley for lunch. yum.

i didn't take many pictures while in utah unfortunately. but i did spend a lot of time with friends and family and had so much fun.

p.s. just for your own reference carry on baggage can't actually be as large as they say it can. at least not on continental. my bag even fit in the little box they have for you to check the size, but they made me check it anyway. that silly crabby lady. oh well, at least i didn't have to pay to check it.